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The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-29, Page 3THUR$., NOV. 29, 1934 THE CLINTON NEWS=RECORD eas rso,m5f,"; What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER'. WHAT HAPPENED DURING TBR LAST DE- CADE OF THE From The News -Record, Nov. 28th, 1894: One of those pleasing events which both qld and young are interested in took place at the residence of Mrs. Russell Read last Thursday after- noon, it being the marriage of her daughter, Hattie M., to Mr. Will J. Harland. . , Rev, Mr. Diehl pro- nounced the happy couple husband and wife. Among those from Clinton at the Sons of England dinner at Londes- boro on Thanksgiving night were: T. Jackson, Sr., J. S;oruton, F. W. Watts S. Pike, H. Joslyn, Alf. Scruton, A. Kemp, S. Kemp, II. Joyner, W. Moore, S. Lawrence, W. Webb ' , J. Stacey, C. Bloor and M. Morrish. Exeter contractors will tender for the building of the County House of Refuge. From The New Era, Nov. 80th, 1894; Mr. Wes. Moore of town is in In- gersoll mastering the piano tuning business. Mr. Thos. McKenzie has complet- ed a new house for Mr. Richard Bak- er on farm recently purchased by him in Colborne, Mr. Chas. Wallis of the Lake Shore road, Goderich township, has decided to move to town and has rented W. Robinson's .cottage en Huron street. Cooper's ,book store had a small fire on Wednesday afternoon, the heat from the chimney burning some wall paper in the second story. Had the fire occurred in the night it might have been serious. Oddfellowship seems to be boom- ing in town, judging from the num- ber of initiations which have lately taken place. Huron County Coucnil will meet in Goderich on Thursday, Det. 6th. This is the first winter session held for years and would not probably be held but for dealing with the House of Refuge contracts. Holmesville: At the Patrons' con- vention at Smith's Hill last Saturday for the purpose of choosing a can- didate to represent that order .at the coming election, Mr. H. Elford was chosen president. They have organ- ized and selected Mr. D. A. Forrester, Clinton, to contest the election. 'Goderich Township: -,A short time ago Mr. Will Pickard advertised four head orstray cattle which had come to his premises. They subsequently were identified by a man living in Morris who took them away. Mr. S. Sturdy had lost four head about the OLD CENTURY? same timeand, satisfied that these were his animals; he went to Morris and without .any trouble identified the cattle as his and brought them home. It is not thought that the first claim- ant had any dishonest intentions, but. was simply mistaken in his identity a the animals. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Dec. 2nd, 1909: Our local express agent informs The News -Record that literally tons of live turkeys and chickens are being shipped through here from the north to Toronto and elsewhere. On Monday evening the Clinton Lawn. Bowling Club were for the third consecutive year entertained by Mr. and Mrs. W. Jackson at their spac- ious home, "Carview." A citizen of Clinton and a very heavy ratepayer called on The News - Record one evening and after dis- cussing municipal affairs wrote down the names of six citizens whom he suggested as a council for 1910.. . The following are the names he sug- gested: Harrison Wiltse. B. J. Gibbings, Albert Cooper. T. Jackson, Jr. W. J. Paisley. W. G. Smyth. From The New Era, Dec. 2nd, 1909: Last Thursday St. Paul's Ladies' Guild held their bazaar in the town hall and it was a decided success . In the evening a program was also given, the principal item being the "Old Maids' Convention" which was laughable and well done. Huron Cuonty has 13,372 acres in orchard, standing fifth in the list, be- ing excelled by Northumberland, Middlesex, Grey and Kent. Main streets and side streets are yin a frightful condition, owing to the large amount of mud, while the roads in the country are in a fairly good condition. Eggs reached the price of 30e last week but dropped on Saturday to 28c. Even that is a good price when you get three goods one out of a dozen. The editor speaks from ex- perience. (Those were the days before egg - grading.) WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING HOW MUCH? How much of the blame for the long continued depression is due to necessity and how much to the plain dishonesty of those who can pay their debts but will not --Ridgetown Dominion. AN OLDER BOOK Discolored by age, but still well preserved is a volume owned by Mr. Alex Gollan of Lucknow, which is 163 years old. The book is one of two volumes of "The Scripture --- Dictionary Dictionary or Guide to the Holy Scriptures," and was printed in Aber- deen in 1771, and was originally own- ed by M'r. Gollan's great-grandpar- ents. Mr. •Golan brought the book in to show to us this week, following the mention made last week of a book. owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ward, which was over a hundred years old. --Lucknow Sentinel. **SIF A SHOWDOWN WANTED The radio interference situation, rendered acute by the action of the Government in sending inspectors in- to town to check up on those not possessing licenses, has resulted in a number of citizens engaging Attor- ney D. E. Holmes to represent them in an attempt to have the matter cleared up once and for all. Mr. Holmes has written to the Rad - lo Commission in Ottawa setting forth the facts of the case and ask- ing for a ruling on interference. —Goderich Star. THE POINT IS CLEAR ENOUGH A daily newspaper in Ontario which gives one the impression of being more than ordinarily . intelligent, pro- fesses its inability to understand the reasoning used in these columns when we objected to the proposal that the government give 20 per cent, of the local profits on beer licenses to wet municipalities, while the dry' muni- cipalities would get none, We sug- gested instead that if the province. wished to be just to the municipali- ties and to let them share in its re- venuies it should share the gasoline tax to which all contrbtue and in Which all should share. We feel sure that many municipal- ities in the province will follow our reasoning without the least difficul- ty. The breweries themselves cannot very well offer direct inducements to municipalities to vote wet and permit the opening of beverage rooms and the sale of beer by the 'glass. The point we make is that the government of the province should not step in and offer the inducements which the bre- weries cannot directly make. • The government should not put pressure on the municipalities to go wet. That is how the thing works out and it could not work any other way. The 20 per cent. offer to municipali- ties is an inducement for them to go wet and is a financial persuasion a- ganist remaining dry. It is evident from this offer that the provincial government feels the need of making some financial conces- sion to the municipalities. Wsith this view the municipalities will agree. But the concession should be one to which all municipalities will share, regardless of their behaviour toward beer and breweries. -Toronto Star. PLENTY OF CHANCE' One thing that helps to keep news- papers interesting is the humorous mistakes that creep, in Mechanical facilities improve with the times but readers may rest assured that there is not likely to be any dearth of un- intentional quibs in their lifetime. There are still eight thousand chances of makng a slip in every column. —St. Marys Journal -Argus. PAYING BILLS ON TIME, The credit manager of an impor- tant Vancouverstore writes: "Those who pay their bills promptly are the salt of the earth. They help us keep our business on an even keel -help us pay our bills and meet our payroll. I think it is most important that we ex- press • our appreciation of those who pay promptly. Those who are slow in payment receive plenty of letters, but those who pay—never a word. So this is just to tell you that we appre- ciate and thank you for the prompt- ness with which you meet your oblig- ations to us." It is true. Nothing is so stimulat ing to business as the prompt pay- ment of accounts, Nothing can ruin business so quickly as accounts that hang• fire for weeks and months through the pure carelessness and neg- ligence of the purchaser. The prompt payment of bills puts money into cir- culation. And after all it is the velocity of money—the number of tisnes a dollar changes hands in a given time—that creates prosperity. A dead dollar, lying in a sock somewhere, is worth nothing. That same dollar passing from one-person to another in the dis- charge 'of ischarge'of obligations, is a,builder of financial, progress. Before the end of each month peo- ple should get put their bills and pay them. They must be paid sometime. Why not pay them at a time when they will add to the prosperity of the -whole community? By the same token take a look right now at the label on this paper and see if your subscription is paid. If not, please do it now. Thank you. Bowmanville Statesman, LET THEM ,FIGHT We have a suggestion which will probably be seized upon eagerly by the statesmen of the world. Apparently there are three nations who are anxious ton go to war. Ger many,Italy and Japan. Just "why they insist on destroying themselves is not understandable but there it is. No one else wants to fight. Canada does not want to. The British Empire does not want to nor does the United States, nor France nor the Scandina- vian countries nor any other ration- al group of people. Only the three nations who train their children and their adolescents and their grown men and women to the idea that it is a fine thing to die in agony on a battlefield, for the glory of Der Feuhrer or I1 Duce or the Emperor want war. Very well. Why not let them have it? Why not mark off a spot some- where, preferably in the middle of the Sahara, or, failing that, in South- ern Germany, say, and let them fight? Let them destroy all their beautiful old towns and tear up their lovely countrysides and strew their young manhood in rotting fragments over the scenery. Italy and Germany might put on the first bout, The rest of Europe and America can sit on the sidelines and see that the row does not spill over into the rest of the world. When they have exhausted them- selves 'and one or the other has been declared the victor, a six months' truce might be declared. Then the refreshed winner could be pitted against Japan. She would be tired by her exper- ience in war but the high degree of training which her men would have attained to would make her a fair match for the new and fresh oppon- ent. Then they could fight 'as long as they liked, the other powers stiff standing by to see that they confined their efforts to destroying each other. When it was all over and a final winner had been declared, the rest of. the world night be able to lay down a few rational laws of decent inter- national behaviour with a prospect of their being lived up to. Surely no nation after that object lesson would be foolish enough to want to go through it again, This sounds like a pretty foolish suggestion. Is it any more stupid or senseless or irrational than many of the serious actions of ;the so -Balled intelligjent peoples of the world today? —Goderich Star. * dtr BECOME UNWILLING PARTNER In a figurative sense at least the people of Perth County are having beer shoved down their throats. In June, 1915,.the people of this county by their votes abolished liq- uor -selling from the confines of Perth. This County Temperance Act did not become effective at once be= cause stronger measures than the C. T.A. which is a Dominion law, over- rode it. Nobody who had supported the dry measure objected to this situation. From that time until two months ago the County (which does include the City of Stratford) re- mained dry. The granting of beer authorities by the Liquor Department in August came as .a surprise to the people of Perth. Recently a deputa- tion waited upon Premier Hepburn calling his attention to the situiation but he refused to take any action. And until the matter can be taken up in the courts, Perth County, which voted dry, will continue to sell beer on the authority of the Ontario Liq- uor Department. And now the announcement comes that municipalities are to share in beer profits. This means that the people of this dry county which has already had the beer shoved down its throat by what appears to be illegal means, are now' to be forced to 'be- come financial partners in the beer business., Thus does the public will, as ex- pressed by the C. T. A. poll, continue to be thwarted. —St. Marys `Journal -Argus. HOW THEY DO IT IN ALBERTA Alberta isn't brake yet. Not by. a long. shote•, , Calgary and Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat ratepayers and Un- employed may feel the ;pinching of pennies at the capital in the reduction of relief grants, but it's "business as usual," at the Capital. Haven't they just bought six new automobiles for the Cabinet Ministers at an average of some $1500 apiece? Away, hard times! What if the Budget hasn't balanced by a total of some $10,000,000 in the past five years! What's that when Cabinet Ministers must ride! Of course nine or ten thousand dol lars' worth of new automobiles is a `minor matter in, a $16,000,000 annual. Budget. It's just one of those "what's the use" things that make it so easy for governments to spend money, However, it isn't the first cost, it's the upkeep that counts. Last session, H. J. Montgomery, Member for Wes taskiwin, asked some questions about the cost of operating Ministers' auto- mobiles. The return tabled in the House showed that in 1933 the cost of operation was $4001.23. The Min- isters' cars at that time had an ori- ginal cost of $18;242.21, so that the depreciation would amount to about another $4,000. Ottawa and Toronto seem to think that the cost of supplying Cabinett Ministers with automobiles is a rath- er expensive item in these days when dollars are hard to get by way of taxes. Edmonton's answer to the suggestion is to step out and buy six shiny new ones.—Lethbridge Herald. AGED FEMALE GIVES BIRTH TO TRIPLETS A toothless old Ayrshire cow, the property of J. W. Stephenson, of Cayley, has staggered her owner by presenting him with triplets, two hei- fers and a 'bull calf, Mother and childern are doing well, and, it is pre- sumed that the ablefather is also all right. The surprising phase of this bo- vine achievement is the age of the party of the first part. Although her exact age has never seemed im- portant until now, Mr. Stephenson Is sure she must be around 20 years. In fact he believes that with a little checking up with former owners he might get her on the voters' list this fall, But he isn't going to bother a- bout that till he is sure she would vote right. At any rate, he bought her nine years ago from a neighbor. She was well on in years at that time, but with the reputation of a great milker. She has Iived up to her name, and even now can go a long way toward sustaining her sur- prising trio. During the past year she has been showing the burden of age "gum- ming" her way through meals, and not`so bright as she might be. Her owner has snore than once thought it would be a kindness to put her out of the way. But she has showed him!—High River Times. WHO IS A CAPITALIST? Every workman is a Capitalist as soon as he learns how to save or to invest in life insurance. The thrift- less who can deny themselves noth- ing which their throat or their fancy may call for, never reach that high estate.—Sherbrook Record. NOT A CLEAN JOB In the liquor store reorganization made by Commissioner E. G. 0'. Od- dette 130 employees are being retired at the end of the month. There are a lot of people who would be much pleased if he would make a clean job of it and close up shop altogether. ----Meaford Express. NEWS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT BLYTIi: The marriage took place in Toronto recently of Miss Doris Grace Dunlop, only daughter of Mrs. Dunlop and the late William Dunlop, Toronto, to Thomas Morrison, eldest son of Mrs. James B. Morrison of Whitechurch. Mr. and Mrs. Morri- son will reside in Blyth. ZURICH: A wedding of wide in- terest took place in the drawing room of Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas, on Saturday, November 17th at 11 a.; in, with Rev. Dr. P. S. Dobson, prin. cipal of the college officiating, when Miss Bernice Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert K. Eilber of Crediton and grand -daughter of Mr. Henry Eilber, ex-L.P.P, of South Hu- ron, became the bride of Mr. Ward McKinley Fritz, only sap of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fritz, of Zurich. ZURICH: Early Monday morning the local fire brigade was called to the farm of Mr. Charles Laporte, north of Drysdale, where lightning had struck the barn on the farm oc- cupied ,by Noel Laporte. But by the time the brigade got out there the building was beyond saving, but they afforded some protection to the barn of Mr. 'Charles Rau, in the immediate vicinity, as the wind blew the sparks, toward Mr. Rau's barn, :,Herald. GOD'ERICH: .The marriage of Doris Mae, daughter of Mrs. Mary PAGE Hanley to Franklin E. Young, soh of Mr, and 'Mrs. Ben Young, all of Goderich, took place quietly in St. George's rectory, 'Goderich, on Sat- urday evening at eight o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Ven. Archdeacon Jones -Bateman. The bride wore a brown dress, coat of brown tree bark with red fox collar with accessories to match. The bride was, attended by Miss Viola Sprout, and Robert Groves was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Young will reside in Goderich. BLYTH: A successful bazaar and tea was held in the school room of Queen Street United Church on Sat- urday afternoon and evening. The room was decorated In Christmas colors and flowers and a splendid assortment of useful articles was on sale. The apron table was in charge, of Mrs. H. Philips and Miss Ada Stackhouse; towels and miscellan. eous, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Chellen and Mrs. Mills': home-made baking, Mrs, H. Young and Mrs. Logan. The tea tables were presided over by Mrs. McElroy, Mrs. A. R. Tasker, Mrs. Petts, Mrs. Colclough, Mrs. Leith, Mrs. White, Mrs. ;Fer- guson and Miss Gillespe. The sum of $115 was realized. ill' l l' ,ASli,FIBLD: The Marriage . took place oh Friday evening at Ashfield parsonage 'of Helen Florence, daugh- ter.of Mrs. Louise Gibbons of 'Luck - now, to Nicholas Hedley of Lucknow, son of Mrs. Hedley of Brantford, and the late Mr. Alexander Hedley of Lucknow. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. J. M. Patton. The bride was becomingly attired in brown triple sheer crepe and brown accessories. After the ceremony Mr. and Mr.s Hedley left on a short wedding trip. They will reside in Lucknow. GODERICH: The first municipal election announcement was made this week when Councilor Fred Seabrook announced his retirement from pol iltics for private reasons. He has been a member for two years and thls year chairman of the fire eommittee. He has also been anactive member of the "solid five", which this year controlled council, they being a ma- jority and invariably voted en bloc on all matters. The special' audit Which ,has been 'in progress for two. months is to :be ready before Decem- ber 15th, it. was stated on Tuesday. rGOD'BRICIH: Whine the wherea- bouts of "Gal" Smith who disappear- ed from his home on Friday night night, last are not definitely known sufficient has been learned to estab- lish that he its alive and well, A los cal truck driver passed him enroute to Windsor Monday and since pub- licity has been given the disappear- ance friends have told the police that, the man said he was "fed up” and a -.- bout to look for new pastures.. His wife, however, knew nothing• of this and reported the disappear- ance to police with the information that her husband had threatened to suicide. Others, however, • said that he .had no such intention, EXETER: With public feeling al- ready at a peak over the present el-- ,ection campaign, an altercation that - came near to developing into a small" sized riot was staged on the •main+, street of Exeter shortly before the noon hour Tuesday. Arguments ar- ising out of the campaign turned some men into such a pugilistic frame. of mind that their friends had to, forcibly prevent a street brawl, it was reported. As it was, a strenuous and vcluible argument, that attracted a large crowd) lasted for several min- utes, and ended only when friends of" the debaters forced them from the scene. About a dozen men were in-. volved in the affair, it was said, with - two unnamed men leading the argu- ment. FULLY QUALIFIED Film Director ---{In this part'.yo15: have to do a number of funny -falls/ How areyou on falls? Applicant (;confidently) -.-I': ranlet next to Niagara. i Nic.. 'W1\'1'*NTi Established 1817 t�, 4 presentation, in easily nderstandable form, of the Billies , ANNUAL STATEMENT 31st October, 1934 .' ` LIABILITIES LIABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC Deposits . . $630,218,835.10 payable on demand and, after notice. Notes of the hank in Circulation . . 35,255,876.00 Payable' on demand. Bills Payable ., . 185,183.19 Time drafts issued end outstanding, N Letters of Crecit Outstanding . • 6,522,749.56 Financial responsibilities undertaken on behalf of customers (see offsetting amount [x] in "Resources"). Other Liabilities to the Public , 10,386,724.55 Items which do not come under the foregoing headings, in- cluding $9,000,000 advances from the Dominion Government under The Finance Act. - 4' Total Liabilities to the Public . ' . $682,569,368.40 LIABILITIES TO THE SHAREHOLDERS Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits and Reserves for Dividends . . . . 76,538,810.08 This; amount represents the shareholders' interest in the Bank, over which liabilities to the public take precedence. Z+ Total Liabilities . . . . . ,. $759,108,178.411 RESOURCES To meet the foregoing Liabilities the Bank has Cash in its Vaults and in the Central Gold Reserves . $ 87,210,888.26 Notes of and Cheques on Other Banks • . 28,670,917.74 Payable in cash on presentation. Money on Deposit with Other Banks . . ,. 16,764,669.62 Available on demand or at short nonce. Government and Other Bonds and Debentures . . 317,936,912.23 Not exceeding market value. The greater portion consists of gilt -edge securities which mature at early dates. Stocks . . . . . 103,789.95 Railway and Industrial and other stocks. Not exceeding mar- ket value, Call Loans outside of Canada . . ' . . 32,133,844.20 Secured by bonds, stocks and other negotiable securities of greater value than the loans and representing moneys quickly available with no disturbing effect on conditions in Canada. I; Call Loans in Canada . . . . . . 8,399,657.67 Payable on demand and secured by bonds and storks of greater value than the loans. Bankers' Acceptances ,., , •26,528.08 Prime drafts accepted by other banks, TOTAL OF QUICKLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES . $491,247,207.75 (equal to 71.97% of all Liabilities to the Public) Other Loans . . . 243,477,041.21 To manufacturers, farmers, merchants and others, on condi- tions consistent with sound banking, Bank Premises . . . . . ., 14,500,000.00 Three properties only are carried in the names of holding companies; the stock and bonds of these companies are en- tirely owned by the Bank and appear on the books at 31,00 in each case. All other of the Bank's premises, the value of J which largely exceeds 824,500,500, appear under this heading. I* Real Estate, and Mortgages on Real Estate Sold by the . Bank 1,487,975.10 Acgntred in the course of the Bank's business and in process of being realized upon. x Customers' Liability under Letters of Credit . 6,522.749.56 Represents liabilities of customers 00 account of Letters of Credit issued by the Bank for their account. Other Assets not included in the Foregoing . .r ,. 1,873,204.86 Making Total Assets of . . . . $759,108,178.48 to meet payment of Liabilities to the Public of 682„569,368.40 leaving an excess of Assets over Liabilities to the Public of $ 76,538,810.08 PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT Profies for the year ended 31st October, 1934, after making appropria- tions 'to Contingent Reserve Fund. out of which Fund full provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts has been made . . $4,105,024.34 Less Dominion and Provincial Government Taxes . 900,654.33 $3,204,369.51 Dividends paid orpayable to Shareholders . . $2.880,000.00 Reservation for Bank Premises . . . . . . 100,000.00 $2,980,000.00 $ 224,369.51 Balance of Profit and Loss Account. 31st October, 1933 . . . 1,585,451.23 Valance of Profit and Loss carried forward • $1,809,820.79 O3ARLES B. GORDON, W. A. 606, President 1 JACKSON DODDS, Joint General Managers * The strength of a bank is determined by its history, its policy, its management and the extent of its resources. For 117 years the Bank of Montreal has .I[ been its the forefront of Canadian finance. Hanley to Franklin E. Young, soh of Mr, and 'Mrs. Ben Young, all of Goderich, took place quietly in St. George's rectory, 'Goderich, on Sat- urday evening at eight o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Ven. Archdeacon Jones -Bateman. The bride wore a brown dress, coat of brown tree bark with red fox collar with accessories to match. The bride was, attended by Miss Viola Sprout, and Robert Groves was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Young will reside in Goderich. BLYTH: A successful bazaar and tea was held in the school room of Queen Street United Church on Sat- urday afternoon and evening. The room was decorated In Christmas colors and flowers and a splendid assortment of useful articles was on sale. The apron table was in charge, of Mrs. H. Philips and Miss Ada Stackhouse; towels and miscellan. eous, Mrs. Lyon, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Chellen and Mrs. Mills': home-made baking, Mrs, H. Young and Mrs. Logan. The tea tables were presided over by Mrs. McElroy, Mrs. A. R. Tasker, Mrs. Petts, Mrs. Colclough, Mrs. Leith, Mrs. White, Mrs. ;Fer- guson and Miss Gillespe. The sum of $115 was realized. ill' l l' ,ASli,FIBLD: The Marriage . took place oh Friday evening at Ashfield parsonage 'of Helen Florence, daugh- ter.of Mrs. Louise Gibbons of 'Luck - now, to Nicholas Hedley of Lucknow, son of Mrs. Hedley of Brantford, and the late Mr. Alexander Hedley of Lucknow. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. J. M. Patton. The bride was becomingly attired in brown triple sheer crepe and brown accessories. After the ceremony Mr. and Mr.s Hedley left on a short wedding trip. They will reside in Lucknow. GODERICH: The first municipal election announcement was made this week when Councilor Fred Seabrook announced his retirement from pol iltics for private reasons. He has been a member for two years and thls year chairman of the fire eommittee. He has also been anactive member of the "solid five", which this year controlled council, they being a ma- jority and invariably voted en bloc on all matters. The special' audit Which ,has been 'in progress for two. months is to :be ready before Decem- ber 15th, it. was stated on Tuesday. rGOD'BRICIH: Whine the wherea- bouts of "Gal" Smith who disappear- ed from his home on Friday night night, last are not definitely known sufficient has been learned to estab- lish that he its alive and well, A los cal truck driver passed him enroute to Windsor Monday and since pub- licity has been given the disappear- ance friends have told the police that, the man said he was "fed up” and a -.- bout to look for new pastures.. His wife, however, knew nothing• of this and reported the disappear- ance to police with the information that her husband had threatened to suicide. Others, however, • said that he .had no such intention, EXETER: With public feeling al- ready at a peak over the present el-- ,ection campaign, an altercation that - came near to developing into a small" sized riot was staged on the •main+, street of Exeter shortly before the noon hour Tuesday. Arguments ar- ising out of the campaign turned some men into such a pugilistic frame. of mind that their friends had to, forcibly prevent a street brawl, it was reported. As it was, a strenuous and vcluible argument, that attracted a large crowd) lasted for several min- utes, and ended only when friends of" the debaters forced them from the scene. About a dozen men were in-. volved in the affair, it was said, with - two unnamed men leading the argu- ment. 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