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The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-22, Page 3TIIITRS., NOV. 22, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 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, Nov.. 21st, 1894: Mayor Holmes was called to St. Catharines last Thursday owing to the death of an uncle, Mr. Thorpe Holmes, who was an old newspaper- man. He was aged 82 years. t;Millerr- 3Steep .At the parsonafge, Eolmesville, on the 14th inst., by the Rev. A. Si. Fear, Mr. James Miller to Elizabeth, daughter of I8r. Peter Steep, all of Goderich townshiy. The report of the Educational :So- ciety of the Methodist Church, also that of the Missionary ,Society for the year 189$-94 have been issued. The following statistics, showing contributions from the different cir- cults, may be of interest: Place Missions Educational Goderich North Street $301.07 $18.70 Victoria 35.56 12.36 Clinton- Rattenbury St. Ontario St, Seaforth llolmesvilie .. Bayfield Varna Hensall , ..,... Kippen , Dungannon , Nile Benmiller . Wingham , I Wroxeter . Brussels - . Wlalton . . , Londesboro . . , 179.10 14.57 Blyth . . .......... 187.30 25.50 Auburn . , 275.19 18.75 Belgrave '. . . , . 68.36 7.00 Bluevale 99.94 8.71 Exeter, Main. St. 269.66 25.20 " James St., , 274.32 25.18 The Methodists of Kinbnrn and vi- cinity are rejoicing over the grand success attending their efforts dur- ing the opening of their new church. From the dinner and social the re- ceipts were about $130 and Rev. Mr. Williamson succeeded in raising e- nough by subscription to more than pay the whole debt on the church. The organ which the young people bought for the church is a great im- provemen't on the old: one and re- flects great credit on the purchasing committee. Markets: Wheat 6001 barley, 35e; to 40e; oats 27e to 28c; potatoes per bus. 30c to 35e; butter 15e to 1'ic; .eggs, 15e. 457.26 173.14 230.25 187.71 57.42 105.13 199.83 77.81 168.10 106.44 86.46 220.13 62.11 125.87 70.05 39,44 17.78 29.29 10.66 4.03 20.74 23.66 16.12 18.73 8.08 4.75 61.82 19.18 11.00 7.35 * aIle From The New Era, Nov. 23rd, 1894: Mr. B. W. Yeo of town, who bas been packing apples for Mr. Cardno of Seaforth this fall says he packed Baldwins in the orchard of Mr. Thos. McKee, 4th concession of 'Goderich township, which weighed 1% lbs. each. Messrs. W. and 3. Jowett of /lay - field went to Little Current to pur- chase a steam yacht for use next summer. Mr. D. Cantelon returned last week from Winnipeg. The evaporator closed this week after having converted into one shape or another over fifteen thous- and bushels of apples. The report of Principal Lough of the Public' school showed an 'average attendance of 401 during the month of October. The New Era press being disabled by 'a broken cog wheel part of our issue had to be worked off on. the News -Record press,. and we acknow-' eldge our indebtedness to Mr. Todd therefor. • al; . 4 WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY • WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Nov. 18th, 1909: Mr. E. Lewis Evans of Louisville, Ky., secretary of the Tobacco Work- ers' Union was in town over Sunday visiting his mother, smothers and sister. , The hot supper to pave .been serv- ed in the Methodist church, Holmes. ville on Monday .evening had to be postponed, owing to the very unfav- orable weather, until Friday even- ing. Miss M. Clark, Toronto, sister of Mr. J. T. Clark, editor of The Toron- to Star, has joined the News -Record. staff. Miss Clark was for a couple of years on the staff of the Toronto Sat- urday Night, Mr. T. Mason is busy buying tur- keys this week and already about 1200 have been delivered to him. He pays 121/ ' cents per pound Iive weight. Anniversary services in connection with Wesley S. S. were held on Sun- day ... Rev. S. T. Bartlett, GLeneral Secretary' of Sunday schools and Ep- worth Leagues, preached morning and 'evening and also addressed an onen session of the school in the afternoon. While IV Lr, Will Carter, engineer! for the Jackson Mfg. Co., was assist- ing in removing the fence from the' front of the former 'nelsons Bank building he found a jack plane under! the capping of one of the posts. It, had evidently been placed there and, forgotten when the fence was 'being, built about a score of years ago andl was just about as good as when placed there. The annual commencement ' or the Collegiate will be given in the town hall on Dec. 8th. * * ,all, From The New Era, Nov. 18th, 1909: The Ladies' Aid of Wesley church have changed the date of their baz- aar from Nov. 25th to 'Dec. 7th, so as not to conflict with the bazaar under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild of St. Paul's church. A representative of the T. Eaton Company was is Palmerston last week looking after the local custom- ers of that institution. He had : a list of customers and made a person- al call on each to solicit ordersand stimulate trade. Miss Erma Kaiser, who 'has been head operator at the Telephone office, has resigned and will take ' vacation,; as her health is none too good. Tier Many friends hope she will soon 'be restored to her usual good 'health, WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING PHONOGRAPH ONE UP One feature in favor of the old style phonograph over the radio is that it doesn't take time out to tell us about tooth paste, auto tires and stomach medicine. --iSt. Marys Journal -Argus. * *ale LOCAL JEWELER INVENTS FLUID Mr. Fred S. Savauge, local jewel- er, following experiments covering a number of years, has evolved a watch cleaning fluid that is said to be the most effective now on the market. Arrangements have been complet- ed to have. the material marketed by a large jobbing house. Ilnron Expositor. WESTERN CO-EDS ASK OWN SMOKING ROOM The question of sex equality is be- ing carried a stage further by co-eds at the University of Western On- tario. They are asking the board of governors to set aside a girls' smoking room so that they may en- joy the weed without "surreptitious methods." The men students have a room for smoking and the girls have decided that they are entitled tothe same convenience. ' -London Free Press. ah'ale* AN OPPORTUNITY Net so many "years ago Ontario was rich in nut trees, beechnut,, sweet hickory, sweet chestnut and. hazenlnt, but these have been 'gen- erally depleted until there is but a sprinkling of them left. Canada is a large importer of nuts in spite of the, fact that the native nuts are of fine flavor and excellent in food value. There are large tracts of land un- suited for agriculture which would show a fine return if planted to nut trees. --London Free Press. It* 1t' NEW YORK AND LONDON "If a man wants to know only whatis new, certainly he should go to New York, but ; if he wants to know what is sound and profitable, he should go to London," writes. Her- bert N. Casson; in an article on "British Efficiency." Mr. Casson, who is a Canadian by birth and lived in the United States and the last 20. years in Great Britain, so he is in a better position than most to draw' comparisons, -Sault Star. SOON l}'OUND LOCATION :Mr. F. A.f Ga'by, recently dismissed from the post of chief engineer of the Ontario Hydro -Electric Commis- sion, has been appointed assistant to the President of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway. He is to have charge of the investigation of competing forms transportation' and the poli- cies of the company in respect there- to, as well as of the co-operative ef- forts with the Canadian National Railv;ays, to effect economies. Mr. Gaby had not to wait long to have his outstanding ability recognised, and it is a safe guess that, he is not much of a loser financially by the change of employment. - Orillia Packet -Times,. ** jIa .STROH MURDER TRIAL COST BRUCE CO. $1,200 The Stroh murder case, which was the only criminal action on the doc- ket and the only Jury case to conte before the Assizes at Walkerton, proved an expensive ordinance to the taxpayers of Bruce, as it alone was responsible for the presence' of 13 Grand Jurors, which cost the county $137.54, and for $615.84 to secure the attendance of the 48 Petit Jurors, from whom the dozen who tried the case were selected, after all, the others but one, it is said, had been challenged of' objected to by one or other of the contending forces. The Giown witnesses cost. $380.65, a large part of which will be borne by Bruce ratepayers, who will also put up $68.89 'for the -Sheriff's constables, together with numerous other items of expense principally in connection with the trial for murder, that will send the total soaring to well • over $1,200. , -'Hanover Post. *** PLAYING GOLF ON SUNDAY "A correspondent writes us to be- moan those people, who year after year, and in increasing numbers, play golf on the Sabbath. We agree with him. Our reasons for our con- victions, may not be his, but while. they may be more earthy they are none theless profound. We admit thatit has taken us a long time to come to what we know, and we fear greatly that with us it will be a case of "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers," That doesn't mean that we oughtn't to confess that after long years of hope deferred we've come to the conclusion, that a man who spends most of the Sabbath taking one hundred, or maybe more, swipes at a golf ball, chasing it all ever a field, into the woods and out again, has something wrong with him. "We know all about the argument of `sunshine and fresh air and 'lovely turf: It is just talk. Every •vice has a 'Devils Advocate,' and all that this talk about sunshine proves is man's infinite capacity of self-deception. It is something like that old saw about the 'sermons of brooks and stoiiest In the course of our Sabbath golf - playing ,we've encountered a lot of brooks and a lot of stones, too, and the things we heard said about them, and that we said about them oursel- veswveren't much of a sermon. "And so with the trees. We some - 'times hear golfers admire the trees, but we notice that their admiration comes out only when they are back in the locker -rooms 'or riding home to their motor -cars, beginning to forget their scores. For ourselves, we admit that we've never admired a tree while going around a golf course. On the contrary, our attitude generally seems to be one of hostility to trees, and when, as seems to happen on nearly every hole, we encounter a tree With our ball hiding under it, we even become violent. - "Some golfers pretend to like birds. Maybe they're telling the truth, though we can't remember 'having ever been in a foursome in which anybody stopped grumbling long' enough to admire a bird, or to ask anybody else to do so. As for ourselves,` the only bird we looked for on a golf course this year was a woodpecker, which we wanted to brain with our brassie, it having made us top our second shot, and we: -with • a quarter on the hole. "The truth is that when we get in- to . a game with a golfer who says 'he's playing the game because he likes the birds, orthe trees, or the nice green turf, we decided to keep an eye on hie score, For we're con- vinced that most golfers have never seen their own golf courses, that they haven't the remotest idea how many trees are on them, or where the trees are, or whatkind they are. Ninety- nine per cent of them just go around seeing nothing but their own or their, opponent's ball, bemoaning their bad luck, or wondering whether their caddies ever caddied before. As for the turf :well, we never yet met a golfer who admitted that he had a good lie. "We have a friend, an honest fel- low, who says that some day he's just going to take a walk around the course -to see what it's like. We're going to go .with him, Because we, too, want to see that lovely green turf and, those wonderful trees and birds that golfers talk about when they're not playing golf. We're, look.. ing forward to it as a unique expetr, ience. "Wle're not holding, of course, that l!i nobody plays golfwithout.enjoy- ment. Ott. the contrary, we make a decided exception of those ladies' foursomes, which invariably play a- head of us, and in which the individr n al meinbers, in the leisurely periods between shots, engage in friendly little visits. They 'do seem to be en- joying 'themselves. "But nobody -else. And just because we have always felt that the Sabbath shouldn't be a day of sadness, but 'a day upon which men should put away all melancholy , and all violent thoughts, we're against Sabbath golf. We doubt whether we'll profit from. our °own conviction, but it makes no difference to the' argument. . If a lot of people stayed • away from ; golf courses on a Sunday and got better acquainted with their families there would ben great economy in gloom" 40ttawa Journal. IF ah BEER SALES MOUNTING RAPIDLY Beer sales in Ontario during Sep- tember totalled more than 52,000,000, an increase of $800,000, or about 60 per cent., over the same month a year ago,' The liquor control com- mission .points out, however, that the value of hard liquor consumed drop- ped by 5171,009, which shows, 'he says that "people are drinking more beer and less 'hard liquor, which le What we hoped for." The fact is however, that the consumption of hard liquor has been decreasing for some years without the assistance' of beer parlors. It dropped 852,090 gal- dons in 1932 and another 117,000 gal- Ions in. 1983. The significant thing which the September figures indicate is that the consumption of beer, which also fell off during 1932 and 1933, has taken such a sharp upward turn that a year's continuance of the September rate would mean 025,000,000 per annum spent on this one beverage by the people of this one province. -Toronto Daily Star. BUY AT HOME If you expect our town to be well appointed; its teachers and other public servants to be adequately paid; its business employees to earn a decent wage; its streets to be well kept; its stores and buildings to be a credit to you and your friends, then by all means buy at home and spend your money for the use of those who work around you and with you. Loyalty to your community in this way is also certain to enhance the values of the farm property in this district. A large percentage of what you spend in your town goes into the upkeep of the whole com- munity, and is circulated many times right here at home, while what you spendoutside of the town remains outside entirety.-Quinte Loyalist. TAKES HIS POLITICS SERIOUSLY The young Duke of Norfolk, who takes Imperial politics seriously, is going to determine for himself the rights and wrongs of the Indian controversy. At the end of this month he is off to India on a tour of personas investigation on the spot. He has not done a great deal of tra- vel hitherto, the army having claim- ed most of his time since lie reached his majority, ' A London paper states that his father, the T'it'tle sturdy black -beard- ed Duke, was `making a South Af- rican tour when the Boer War broke out. 'Th'is is not so. 'The Duke was PAGE 3 Lord Salle'`ury's postmaster general, and staggered the head of the Cecile by suddenly iii:imat,ng, ,at a per- sonal interview, that be intended to resign' -his post and sign up for the Boer. War, Persuasion could not al- ter this determination, and off the Doke went as an Imperial Yeoman. A little later two other ministers called on Lord Salisbury, one being the aged Lord Cross. "Don't tell me," exclaimed the disgruntled Prime Ministor, looking. at Lord Cross, "that you are resigning, too, in or- der to join the army!" -London Cor., Ottawa Journal. °Ie.* * MAKE PUBLICITY PART OF PENALTY One of the concrete' results which the much-discussed Stevens ;Commit tee has obtained up to date is the prosecution of several mercantile in- stitutions for "short -weighting" their. customers, Fifty or more convictions, were registered in' Ottawa recently, five" offenders in Toronto were con viicted last Friday and over a hun- dred • charges await hearing. Fines ranging from 519 to 525 were im- posed, ' We do not know whether the names of the offenders in Ottawa were, published, but those. in Toronto were. That seems to be a better Arm of punishment than the mere fine. Ten or $25 does . not • mean muchto a concern doing a 'large' business; but the prospect of seeing the firm name appearing as having been convicted of petty' theft would aet as a retraining influence on those who feel inclined to make a little easy money by nipping an ounce or so off the pound of what he sold. +Half an ounce or an ounce, he might reason, would not mean any- thing to the customer,. though in the mass it would mean a nice little rakeoff for him; but even the greed- iest of these "cbisellers" would hesi- tate before taking the chance of be- ing advertised far and wide as a common thief. Anyone who has bad anything to do 'with running a newspaper knows what a pest the "keep it out of the paper" pleader is. No need to go into details. If nothing was publish- ed, that someone asked to be kept out, the papers would make rather drab reading. It would surprise you, too, to hear how sometimes pressure is brought to bear on the paper to keep it from publishing matter that, while damaging to some private or Personal interest, is really of public Interest To prevent this influence from be- ing exerted -sometimes successfully --the Code might be amended to in- clude publication of all such mean crimes as short -weighting a part of the penalty. It would give the dis- honest dealer what he deserves - publieity.-Owen Sound Sun -Times. GODERTCH: After a year's ill- ness death 'on Sunday, claimed Mrs. Malcolm Graham in her 37th year. Before her marriage she was Ken- nett Catherine Leonard, daughter of James and the late Mrs, Leonard, who came to Goderich from the Ork- ney Islands. Deceased was born and educated in this town and enjoyed the friendship and esteem of a wide circle of friends. Her husband also is widely known as a commercial fish- erman. sherman. Besides her husband and father there survive five ebTidren, Angus, James, Douglas, Helen and Roderick and two brothers, William, a captain on Great Lakes. and Albert of Goderich. The funeral was 'held on Tuesday at 2 o'clock from the home of Mrs. Graham's father on Elgin. Avenue, Rev. R. J. Lane, of Knox Presbyterian Church, of which deceased was a member, taking the services. Interment was made in Maitland Cemetery. EXETER: Mr. and Mrs. D. 17. Gerrie announce the engagement of their -daughter, Edna Mary, to Jack Herbert F. Gambrill, son of Mr. and; Mrs. A. H. 'Gambrill of Exeter, the marriage to take place. quietly De- cember the first. DASHWOOD: The death of Mrs, Peter Regier occurred at her home on the .Goshen Line in Stephen Townshipafter about `a month's ill- ness. She was in her, 28th year and was formerly Victorine Loretto' D'en- omme. She is survived by her hus- band and. five small children, Lennis, Lee, Francis, Anna Marie, and Vie - tor, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denomnle,'of the 14th conees- sion, Hay Township, three. sisters, Mrs. William Ducharme, Jr.. of the 14th. concession. Lottie and Marilee, at home, eight brothers, Dennis and Gaston, of Zurich, Adrine, Harry, Alfred, Loftus, Andrew, and Mat- thew, all at home. The funeral ser- vice was held on Wednesday at 10 o'clock, at Mt,' Carmel Roman Cath- olie 'Church, with Rev., Father W. T. Compress officiating. Interment in Mt. Carmel cemetery. G0-DERICH: Deer are reported scarce iii Northern Ontario. but, seem to be plentiful In Huron County, where 17 have been reported within the past few days. A herd of 14 were seen in Saratoga swamp, north of here, Near Gerrie on Saturday 'a farmecame across a deer in an exhausted condition, it having been chased for miles by dogs. He slashed its. throat and reported the incident to police. At Zurich a deer was struck by a ear and suffered a broken leg. It was shot. The ' carcasses were dressed and brought to Goderich for disposal to the hospital and Chit- dren's Shelter. Near Holmesville on 1 highway No. 8 on Sunday a deer scooted across the road in the path of an automobile °riven by MeV Cormier. On the Blue Water high way, in the pinery south of here, James Donaldson had to apply his brakes to avoid hitting a large buck. a1 * * GODERICH: With fitting and beautiful ceremony, Knox church Auxiliary Wi.141'.S. observed its Golden Jubilee last Monday, week, in the iee- tare room of the church. The pro- gram presented by the President, Mrs. Albert Taylor, fairly teemed with interest and the large assem- blage listened with rapt attention as the pages of fifty years of the history of missionary endeavor were unfold- ed, linking the past with the present. All branches of the Society were re- presented from the little tots of the Mission Band, the C.G.I.T., Junior Y.W.A., the Arthur Circle to the members of the Auxiliary and all were represented on the program. BLYTH: On Monday morning at 10 a.m. the funeral service of Frank Rainton was held from the residence of his sister-in-law, Mrs, A. B. Bain ton, The service was conducted by Rev. R. A. Brook. The friends from a distance were Mrs. J. Leaeh and son, Harry of Detroit, Mrs. McKenzie. of Galt, The pallbearers were Wil- liam Thuell, 3. B. Watson, Ed. Laun- dy, Jas. Thuell, William Mills and J. McNal1 Interment took place in Chesley cemetery, where his wife was interred eleven years ago. * ale' Tuckersmith: A pretty wedding was solemnized on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Presbyterian manse, Ileneall, when Rev. W. A. Young, united. in ,marriage Beatrice �=SNAPSEIOT CUIL BABY PICTURES No doubt about it, the babies themselves "directed" these snapshots. In other words, they, did as they pleased and the camera was clicked at tekr• - the right instant. - - -HERE aren't any official statis- tics that we know of, so we're perfectly safe in saying that babies constitute the largest single group of snapshot subjects. It's perfectly reasonable that this should be so; for we snapshoot those things in which we are most inter- ested. For another thing, babies make ideal subjects, because they don't pose. They're always natural. There are baby pictures and baby pictures, of. course. Some arouse spontaneous enthusiasm; others are merely records, without much ap- peal. What's the essential difference be- tween the good and the merely so-so baby pictures. Usually you'II find, the good pictures show infants do- ing something -crawling, chewing a doll, wrestling with toes, or even induiging in a real good cry. The merely so-so pictures give us only recognizable glimpses of babies do- ing nothing much at all. Of course, it's possible to take a picture of a sleeping baby and get a charming result. But to do this, the camera work must be unusual. Very well, what about the technic of baby pictures? First, you'll need to have light enough for action pictures. .Few babies stay still long enough for time exposures. Out-of-doors, you'll have no trouble at all working in open shade or out in the full light, providing it's not so bright that it casts unpleasantly sharp shadows or causes the baby to squint. Use the regular snapshot time and lens opening. This time of year, of course, it may be more convenient to work doors. One of the easiest ways to take baby pictures indoors, during the daytime, is to get the subject fairly close to a big window (not necessarily a sunny one) and then use a photoflood -type lamp to light up the side of your subject that's away from the window. A photoflood bulb in one of those inexpensive re- flectors will be found very handy for this and other indoor shots. If there's a lot of light coming from the window, you'll be able to use a regu- lar snapshot exposure. For surety's sake, better work with the lens at its widest opening. Wait until your sub- ject strikes an interesting pose; then click the shutter and the pic- ture's yours, Don't forget that you can use supersensitive film to get beautiful action shots with much less light than other films require. And let your baby subject "direct" his own picture. Let him do as he pleases, with only slight suggestions from you. So doing, you'll get real looking, satisfying pictures. And you'll always treasure them. JOHN VAN GUILDER. Lavada, youngest daughter of Mr. ing of the Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. Henry Volland, of Tucker - smith to Louis Elgin Taylor, son of Mr. and Mus. William Taylor of Varna. The bride was becomingly gowned in midnight blue chiffon vel- vet with smart blue suede slippers to match. There were no attendants. Following the ceremony Mr, and Mrs. Taylor left for Detroit, Mich., the bride traveling in a rust and brown tunic, with brown cedar bark suede coat with accessories to match. They will reside near Varna. EXETER: Sunday was observed nt the Main street United Church as Anniversary Day for the Men's Un- ion. 'The 'choir loft was filled with members of the Union, while Rev, Mr. Elliott presided at the piano On the platform was Charles Pearce, acting president and B. W. F. Beavers, pre- sident of the London Conference Lay delegation. The special singer for the dray was Frank Webster, London. Mr. McArthur and John Elliott ad- dressed the congregations morning and 'evening respectively, their dis- courses explaining the aims and in- tention of the men's organizations in the church, it being pointed out that the men were as a rule inactive in churdh affairs and the hope was that more activity be shown, thus inviting a Wetter feeling in worldly affairs. FIEN•SALL: The monthly meet - was held in the Council Chamber Friday evening with the president, James W. Bonthron, in the chair. Committees made their reports. The amusement committee reported good success front the last euchre and dance and intend arranging for an- other, In the meantime a good play is planned. The band committee re- ported progress and prospects and hoped to be ready to give concerts in the course of a few weeks. The mat- ter 'of having a Christmas tree under the auspices of the Board of Com- merce was favorably viewed and a committee appointed to look after all details. BLYTH: The funeral of Ellen Thompson was held from her late residence on Sunday afternoon to Trinity Church where service was held. The rector, Rev. L. V. Pocock was in charge, The pall -bearers were R. 3. Powell, John Heffron, John Wat- son, Harry Johnson, Jas. Hamilton, John Ferguson. Interment took place in Union Cemetery. NOM de PLUME Visitor -"And what's your name,. my good num?" Prisoner -"9742." Visitor ---"Is that your real name?" Prisoner ---"Naw, dat's just me pen. name." WHEN the argument is deadlocked ... and the answer rests with a' friend . r . and he lives in another town . r r Get him; on Lang Distance . you. can settle the matter in two minutes *Long bistance is quick and easy to use -and you don't have to wait for a reply. Look at the list of rates in the front of your directory and see how blest - pensive it is --100 miles or so for as little as 30 cents: