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The Clinton News Record, 1934-02-15, Page 3THURS., PER. 15, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD A cheerful fellow told us the other day, that he knew of no business that chewed a greater percentage of pro- fit than' his own. He said he had no office rents or taxes to pay; he got far more for his goods than they were worth; he was paid cash and as a general thing his customers would not accept delivery. He was selling shoe -laces in the street. e Oil wells may now be seen near where Moses was born and it is said that a Standard 011 director got the tip while reading the Bible. In Exo- dus 11:3 are the words: "And daub- ed them with slime and with pitch." He argued that where there it pitch there is oil and he was right. That's the story anyway—believe it or not. The Boston Transcript which publish- es the tale points the moral that it pays to read the Bible. It certainly does. The Rockefellers were ever great Bible students. They too have at times been daubed with slime and with pitch, but now they live and hope to die in the odor of sanctity. oestreasee Under what circumstances is a newspaper justified in telling disa- greeable and painful truths about a clan just deceased? The political boss of Brooklyn died recently, and many newspapers and public men, including the State Governor, paid high tribute to his memory. The New York Times, however, took them to task for it and declared that his per- sonal qualities should not be allow- ed to obscure the fact that he was a grafter and a corrupting influencer A flood of letters to the paper, some of them condemnatory, but most of them approving. It must be distressing to the rela- tives to read in a great journal that the genial man they knew in private life was, in public life, nothing but a crook and a political racketeer, the boss of a corrupt and corrupting organization, but it must be said lest the public be deluded by the paeans of praise into the belief that such a man was a worthy citizen. Tammany bosses cannot be allowed to grow to plaster saints, I"Have you seen the new Rooseve t dollar?" a Yankee will ask and then he will show you, a. fifty cent piece. The new dollar, however, though worth .only fifty-nine cents, can still be exchanged for two fifty (cent pieces or four quarters. The whole is still greater than any of its pants. Omnielesea It has been proven untrue that germs of sleeping sickness are car- ried, by misquitees. We never did suspect the mosquito of doing any- thing that would induce sleep. It is distinctly foreign to the nature, of the little pest. The strongest supporters of a pro- tectionist policy were the farmers of the middle and Western States. They demanded and received tariffs that meant seclusion, During the presi- dential elections Roosevelt who had declared in favor 'of lower tariffs had to assure those farmers that they would have ample protection. Since his inauguration his general policy of lower tariffs has had to give way to the new programme under which high tariffs must be maintained. To- day the prices of farm products are so much higher in Canada that the farmers of the Middle and Western States would no doubt be agreeable to reduced tariffs and reciprocal basis. talleeeleel We often wonder why daily news- papers do not take for granted that the President of the Prohibition Un- ion is in favor of prohibition and the President of the Moderation League is against? When the issue comes up in any form they are always in- terviewed and their remarks publish- ed.. Don't we all know what they will say, and don't we also know that if they said anything to the contrary they would lose their jobs? When so many people are prophesy- ing war it is rather a good sign. In the past few years events have taken a grim delight in confounding the prophets. Let's hope they continue to do so in this particular case. What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties. DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TOR LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Feb, 14th, • 1894: Mr. Joseph Rider, secretary of the fire brigade, yesterday received from the Jackson Bros. a cheque for $20 in recognition of their services at the late fire, The firemen highly appreicate the liberality of the Jack- son Bros. Lieut. H. T. Rance, town, has been gazetted captain of No. 6 Company, , Capt. Rance now possesses the title in an official sense. The Bali Telephone mien were in town last week and placed instru- ments in Dr. Shaw's office, Taylor and Sons' Store, D. A. Foreester's private residence and in his flax mill in the Grand Union station and The News -Record office. We quite agree with an exchange that "enterprise" is required to suc- cessfully tender for the county print- ing. For years the work has been performed at a direct loss—some of it gratis. The News -Record has not, we are free to confess, the "enters prise" to work for a wealthy corpor, ation for nothing and consequently did not tender. The County of Huron is elle to pay for its printing, The county council and other servants are paid and why not the printer? 'On Wednesday week Mies Nellie Dixon of Brueefield, and Mr. Thos. ]Snell of Exeter were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The cere- mony took place at Sarnia. Dr. Appleton has been confined to the house through illness for several days. South Huron Annual County Meet- ing:—The election of officers though some contests took place, were of a very harmonias spirit indeed. Couns ty Master Todd was elected to the chair for the fifth term. Following are the officers: A. M. Todd, W.C.M.; Clinton; res, -secretary, Peter Cants•• Ion. Clinton; treasurer, John Beacom, Goderich township; fine secretary, Wm. Stevenson, Saltford; D. of C., Geo. Hanley, Ir., Clinton; leeturers, John Scarlet, Leadbury, Jas. Colwell, Goderich; F. Davis, Centralia. The contest for the 12th of July celebra- tion was between Goderich; Seaforth and Parkhill, , the latter being the winner. as. *Moeno From The New Era, Feb. 16th, 1894: The blizzard of Monday blocked the late train from Stratford, which got struck near Mitchell and was not able to proceed on its way until Tues day afternoon, consequently there were no trains east until it got through, Among the students who took part. in the Greek play of Antigone we noticed the name of Master Bob Coats, son of Mr. Robt. Coats of town, ' Mr. Thos. East, Jr., intends mov- ing :his family south in the early part of March and' is offering his property for sale, Messrs. McGarva` and P. Cantelon this week made their official audit of the town accounts. Mr. T. Polley and wife, brother-in- law of Mr. Jas. McMath, are here on their wedding trip. Mr. Ed, Twitchell, who has been working on Manitoulin Island, return- ed home a few days since and had the misfortune to lose his pocketbook containing $45 which he has not yet recovered. Onstemloo WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Feb. 18th, 1909:. Mr. F. R. Hodgens will retain the uptown agency for the G.T.R. while he remains in town and parties wish- ing tickets can get them at the old stand. Mrs. A. T. Cooper entertained e number of her lady friends on Mon- day afternoon. The time was very pleasantly employed in commemorat- ing the memory of St. Valentine. The Civil Service Association at Ottawa has presented its secretary, Mr. Robt. H, Coats, with a handsome gold watch and chain, together with an address appreciative of his work in behalf of the service. The at-home given by the Oddfel= WHAT OTHIER, NEWSPAPERS ARE SHE" LL SEE THEY'RE NOT TOO BADLY OFF Sometimes when Dad insists that 'hardship is good for the kids, he knows that mother' won't let its be very hard,--Listoevel Banner. IS THAT WHY THE TRADE WANTS FREER SALE? For the first time in some years, Ontario's liquor bill is less than the bill for education. The liquor con trol board had total revenue from sales last year , of some 36 million dollars, while the cost of education shows that municipalities spent . a- bout 44 million dollars for this • pur- pose, plus some 6 million dollars in government grants. Liquor sales have dropped drastically in the past few years. -Hanover Post. estailelease KILLS INITIATIVE It used to be that a man of avers age intelligence and good health could by hard work and thrift make a success of his job or business and was fairly safe in making plans for four or five years ahead becaese con- ditions developed naturally. Nowa- days, with so many government Boards and Commissions having dic- tatorial powers over individuals and business, no one in business knows where they are at from one month to another which kills initiative and hinders progress.—Kincardine News. GOLF'S THE GAME Golf is the real game of the sum- mertime. Have you ever tried it? Just as soon as you learn to swing your long driver so as to connect with the ball with a clean hard click and then watch it take the air for a 150 to 200 yard flight, from that time you are committed. When you can take the ball for a 75 -yard ride out of a hole with your mashie, you are a devotee. The open air, the vel- vety turf underfoot, the leisurely walk between shots afford pleasing and invigorating exercise and allur- ing fascination at the same tune. —Listowel Standard. e 3SW THE NEWSPAPER Now that we've taken care of the banks and the buildings and loan lows Friday evening last was a very largely attended and enjoyable affair. The first part of the evening was de- voted to genres and conversation. The ladies' prize in the euchre con- test was won by Mrs. T. Hawkins, the gentleman's by Mr. J. B. Hoover, Florence Cuninghanre and Master Fred Thompson were the winners in the flinch competition. Mr. Joseph Shipley of the London road has sold his 21 -months -old colt to Mr. WIn. Nesbitt of Goderich towns ship for $200. The colt weighs 1400 and is considered one of the best heavy draught colts in this part of the country. Mr. Lock Cree is a prompt and quick drayman, that is, he is on hand when you want him and finishes up. work speedily. In order to enable him to give still better satisfaction to his patrons he has invested in a new team of four and five year old bays,. which cost him over $300. He bought one front Mr. Fear of 'Hullett and the other from Mr. Ladd of near Hensel!, St. Paul's Church:—On Tuesday evening last the :program of the A. Y. P. A. consisted of a Mock Parlia- ment. Mr. Robt. Holmes acted as speaker of the house and Mr. A. 'A. Hill and Mr. John Hartley as Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposi- tion, 'respectively. Mr. Hector Grigg, minister of Public works, introduced a bill to provide Clinton with a sys- tem of waterworks. After the bill had received its third reading it was duly discussed by a dozen members. A division of the house being taken the bill carried by a vote of 14 to 11. Ontario Street :Church: ---The invie tation extended by Ontario street board to Rev. T. W. Cosens of Wal laceburg has been accepted, It is probable therefore that Mr. Cosens will succeed Rev. W. E. Kerr at the close of this conference year. From The New Era, Feb. 18th, 1909: Mr, Eph. Ball of town has sold his farm in Hullett to 'Mr. Harry Daerr for the sum of $8,100 Mr. Ball lived on the farm for twenty years before moving into town six years ago. While train No. 7 G.T.R. was run- ning between • Seaforth and Clinton last Thursday evening a revolver bul- let crashed through a double window of the rear passenger coach near the smoking compartment. The bullet struck the opposite side of the coach,', narrowly missing the heads of two passengers . Rev. Father Hanlon was just two seats from the window where the bullet entered. The citizens' banquet -tendered to. Dr. Peter McDonald, W'ngham, on Friday was one of the most success- ful ever held in Wingham. Dr. Mc- Donald's appointment as postmaster at London makes it necessary for him to move .his family from town. sissiesueseminessim SAYING taught to children when young. It vatives, had been should begin with kindergarten days cussed. companies and the insurance compan- ies and railroads and the mortgage companies and the farmers ---does anyone have any objection to some sort of relief for the newspapers? Asks the New Glasgow Evening Times, Bad times and good, the newspaper must go on just the same. The herds! er the times, the greater value of and impressively: emphasized. Good qually well die - Why` do not the rest :of the mern- manners and pleasant speech are an''bers on both sides of the House let open sesame to success. If taught' the matter rest there. If any new in public schools.—and one can ima• points were ever brought out by the gine no better place, these • should be "speakers who follow on after the impressively taught so their` posses leaders, day after day, or if any of sion by the pupil throughout life will the old points• were ever brought out be impressive.—IListowel Standard./ in a new or more entertaining way there might be some exquse for pros swam* longing the debate, It would, at least, be giving the people back Borne THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT some additional enter•taimnent, ,or in other words, give them a decent run The Dominion Parliament is into for their money, its third week and the debate on the But that never happens. Never, Speech from the Throne still goes on Talking one's self into Hansard may as if the half had not yet been told, he a very entertaining game for the instead of everything having been members, but it is a very expensive said many, many times over. one for their constituents, as well as. As a matter of fact when Hon. W. a very uninteresting one. L. Mackenzie King had finished his There is a lot of important legisia- speech, he had said everything there tion to receive consideration at the was to say from the Liberal stand present session of Parliament, but point, and when Premier Bennett fin- Parliament is never in a hurry until inshed his speech in reply everything the session draws to a close. from the standpoint of the Censer- Huron Expositor. ..mo. news. The newspapers must be l manned. It costs ,much to get out the newspaper, despite the fact that advertising has dropped to a new re- cord low -ebb. But no one sheds tears for the press. Newspapers are supposed to cry for relief of ,others, sob for the suffering in individual or corporation form, and snarl for justice and re- tribution. Every headache is carried to the newspapers, every complaint is given to the press, appeals for the needy, pleas for business, charitable and civil organization begging for political 'reform.—,a1l is a part of the newspaper's duty to the public. • But when business falls off adver- tising contracts are cancelled and publishers are struggling for a live- lihood, a sudden attack of deafness comes over the land. Does anybody ever stop to think that a town without a newspaper these days would be completely off the map.—Hanover Post.. 4a011111s6 ' 'T• . etil SPEAKING OP GRACEFUL SKATING Boys, men, are graceful too, .pro- vided, here is the rub, --provided that they are not put to heavy ar'du, ous toil at too early an age. Provid, ed that what they do inherit of nat- ural grace is not spoiled by environ- ment, and example. Provided that• they are taught to avoid manners, poses that are ungraceful,—jerky motions, swinging arms, lazy pos- tures, impetuous or indolent behav- ior, Provided that they are taught from infancy graceful pleasant, con- ventional deportment, boys can be graceful, pleasant to look at, or pleasant to associate with. Graceful deportment and manners is an asset hard to get along without. Harder to acquire later in life, these things come easier, sit more naturally if Report Received by McKilloy Insurance Company at Annual Meeting In presenting to you my report for the' first time as Secretary -Treasur- er of your Company, I de so with considerable degree of satisfaction and pleasure. Even after a series of heavy fire losses, your Directors and Company is able to show an appre- ciable gain of approximately $7,200.00 in liquid Cash Assets over 1932 and .$3241.71 in surplus. Your Company is also able to show an increase of 55 in number of policy holders and an increase in insurance in force of $103,839.00. This, I believe is a very satisfac- tory showing when many Companies have been forced to show a defieit. This should greatly encourage each member, and by careful co-operation I believe that this can be materially increased each year until you will have a Company second to none in security and a material reduction in insurance cost. However, I would like to point out that this can only be achieved by a material reduction in fire losses, In looking over old loss statements, I find that your largest losses have aI- ways been under the cause "un, known." I wonder if there is a rea- son foe this! I believe there is. And I further believe that if each loss had been carefully analyzed and records kept that some interesting facts would be brought to light. Can these losses be avoided? Yes, to a marked degree. Ilow? By the co-operation of every member. This Company is yours and should ,be your interest. If you know of any policyholder who is overinsured or some other phase that makes his risk a hazardous onei advise one of your Directors. IIe is worthy of your confidence er should not be a member of your Board, and I assure you that any recommenda- tions received will be confidentially and carefully considered by your Board, Before concluding, I would like to explain briefly some phrases of your policy. In the first :place your Com- pany is one of the few who issues a policy without a limitation clause on livestock and dwelling contents. Pro - PAGE vides' you insure for et least eighty per cent of the total value.. of your. livestock, as defined by the Insur- ance Act, there is no limitation. I' would ask you to investigate the majority of other Companies' polls cies. They all have a limitation clause. Then again in household cone tents you find a limitation on radio, piano, etc„ not so with your Policy. If you instal a. one hundred and fifty dollar radio to -day and to -morrow it is a total loss by fire, your policy calls for cash value, not $25.00 or $50.00 as stated in many policies. Many applicants to other compan- les are not aware of these conditions and if they were advised they would prefer to pay a higher premium and be felly protected. I would also like to explain the new application. This has been re quire$ by the Insurance Department. This application does not permit the accepting of insurance exceeding twos thirds of actual cash value on build- ings, implements, household contents and tenants produce and full value on owner's produce and livestock. This application also asks for a stats. ed amount on farm produce .and ori• livestock and not jointly as formerly.• I might say that this is the only form acceptable to the Insurance De- partment now and in this the form of every Company will be concurrent. --,M. A. Reid, Secretary. The new list of officers will be found on page 2 of this issue. THE PARROT Young Man—Why do you • keep a parrot? Very Old Man—Because I like to, hear it talk. The parrot is the only creature gifted with the power of speech that is content to repeat just what it bears without trying to make a long story of it. YOUR LIVER'S MAKING YOU FEEL OUT OF SORTS Wake up your Liver Bile —No Calomel needed When you feel blue, depressed, sour on the world, that's your liver which isn't pouring its. daily two pounds of liquid bile lute your bowels. Digestion and elimination are being slowed up, foal isaccumulating and dccuyiug inside. you and making you feel wretched. Mere bowel -movers like salts, oil, mineral water, laxative candy oc chewing gum, or roughage, don't go far enough. You noxi a liver stimulant. Carter's Little, Liver Pills is the beat one. Safe. Purply vege. table. Sure. Mk for them by name, Refuse substitutes 25c, at all druggists. 82 Local Re oilers They Owe You Sales Assistance You know thiroughly well that you have power, in your store, to influence the decision of your customers in regard to what they buy from you. Your customers rely on you to give them products which, in use or•eonsumption, will give them complete satisfaction, You know and your customers know that, in regard to nearly every class of product, there are several brands of equal merit. Thus, A's soup is the equal to B'e or C's soup; D's shoes are equal to E'e or F's shoes; G's radio sets are the equal to H's or I's sets; J's hosiery is the equal of K's or L's hosiery; M's electric washing machine or refrigerator is the equal of N''s or O's washing machine or refrigerator; and so en and so on. Makers of advertised products recognize that you have access to the attention and favor of several hundred buyers -your regular and ir- regular customers, and they want to use your distribution facilities for their advantage, But are they•willing, in every instance, to assist you to sell their product if you stock it—assist you with a series of local advertisements, to be pub- lished in this newspaper? ' ' They say that they will provide you with plenty of window and counter display material, and printed matter; but quite too often they de- cline to use local advertising, in this newspaper, over your name! They tell you that they are spending a whale of a lot of money in big -city dailies and in nationally -advertised magazines; but you know—or can get to know—than in the territory served by this newspaper upwards of 90 per cent of the families living in it do not subscribe to national magazines and big city dailies. This means that the job of promoting local sales is to be put on your shoulders. If it is Tight to use big city dailies and na- tionally- circulated magazines then, by the same token, it is right to use local weekly newspa- pers! It is no compliment to you as a retailer or to the buyers of this town and territory for a national advertiser to decline to advertise his product in this newspaper. You can get much more advertising for your store and stock than you are now getting, if you insist, as a condition of stocking a particu- Iao pooduct, that it be locally advertised in this newspaper. (N.B.: Show this advertisement to mea who urge you to stock and push the sale of thein goods, yet who tell you that their firm cannot assist their local sale by. advertising),, The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More